AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1922, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. XMAS TRAGEDIES. NEW YORK, December 25. Nine persons were shot in Christmas rows to-day in various plages in United States. EX-KAISER’S CHRISTMAS. (Received this day at 8 n.m.) NEW YORK, Dee. 25. The “New York Times” Doom correspondent states the ex-Kaiser celebrated Christmas in something like the former Imperial style. A so-called goblin hall of the residence was decorated by a huge Christmas tree, cut by the Kaiser, and .adorned by the bride. The Crown Prince and grandson attended the feast, and the children presented Wilhem with a de luxe binding copy of his own book. Carols were sung alter dinner, in which the personnel were allowed to join. The ex-Kaiser led the singing in a lusty voice. A special service'was held in a private chapel, Wili. helm dispensing with the chaplin and officiating himself. T WASHINGTON. Dec 2(5. A statement issued from White House that United States may soon begin the exportation of gold. A MERGER. WASHINGTON. Dec 26. ' A Chicago message reports the Attorneys for Armour Packing Coy. have commenced legal steps to finance the purchase of Morris Company. Al Subsidiary Company will he formed with authority to issue 160 million dollars of stock. The Merger will create the- biggest packing concern in United States. Previous to the negotiations, Government was asked for the opinion of a merger in the light of the monopoly laws. Government, however, deelined to give an opinion, stating its acton, if any, could not. he decided upon until the companies had taken actual steps. WOOD ALCOHOL. NEW YORK, Dec 20. There were eight deaths on Christmas Day due to wood alcohol poisoning. Otherwise the prohibiting enforcement was stricter than on any previous holiday, resulting in n record low number of intoxication cases in the local courts. i. ISMET PASHA. m-' NEW YORK, Dec 25. The ‘‘Chicago Tribune’s” Lausanne correspondent interviewed Ismet Pasha, who said we feel tlie result of the Conference to date is that European delegates have, acquainted themselves with the Turkish point of view, hut negotiations have now reached an embasso in regard to every point, hecaitfLct they still feel they ft re deal nig with officials of the old Ottoman Empire We can never accept the application of the-Straits Regulations under control or examination by a C ommission. We agreed the Straits shall be open to trade, hut if this is a, pretext for the powers harbouring resigns to attack Turkey we will nevei agree. Wo recognise the rights of - minorities and accept the supervision r ßoumania, and Jugo-Sluvia accepter!, but we cannot accept a provision tor the League of Nations Ambassadors at Constantinople to supervise „ clauses dealing with minorities. We agree xo war indenwiifc-altfon, if our losses and ; damages are. paid. He will never surren- ; der Mosul. We cannot allow tempoiarv arrangements by mixed courts, even until the ratification ol 1 urkish civil law has been completed, a spc<ial -Judicial regime is unnecessary for foreigners. AMERICAN SOVIET. ; NEW YORK. Dec 26. ' New York Workers’ Party of America claiming membership of 300,000 and ' asserting to be the successor to t I W W. here at a convention adopted a programme calling for a dictatoi-ship of the Proletariat in United Stat . . and replacing of the present government bY a Soviet. The programme., both text and spirit, are the most evolntionary of any organisation in th s country for raw " fntenmion calls for support of the Interna tional of Moscow and endorses boring from within Labour Unions in on.er to bring them within the 'olds f munisni. ; . ANOTHER CHURCH FIRE. OTTAWA, December 20. .A message' received from Montreal city savs: —The tenth Catholic edifice V to' be burned in the recpi.t wave of anti-Catholic incendiarism is the church of St. Thomas D’Alfred, near Buckingham. This fire occurred on Christmas Day. ! AMERICAN VIEWS. ■Received this dav at 10.30 t'.m.'! WASHINGTON December 2/.

Senator Lodge in a speech in the Senate said the Conference to consider land disarmament as Air Borah suggested, in connection with his proposal for an economic conference would he useless, unless France withdrew her objections and agreed to co-operate , wit-l) the other powers in lowering the , land forces. ‘‘l have no information that France has changed her attitude „ at the Washington Conference when 5 she refused to consider land armament.” \ Air Lodge said United States had al- , ready reduced her land forces to some- , thing less than the proper peace j strength. While' Mr Lodge doubted | whether the proposal for an Economic j Conference was in order under the Sen- , -ate rules, ho declared its importance was great. Selfishness alone was malt- | ing us all desire to do anything possible for the stabilisation of European , affairs. He declared however, that Air Borah’s proposal was so broadly drawn that it had no boundary. We ought to know exactly what such a. coivorence’s powers would be. He considered the debt question ought to be excluded and dealt with by United States alone. Under the present proposal we should be called on to take part in the work of the Reparations Commission and perhaps a revision of the Versailles Treaty. “T don’t know how far the Senate thinks we ought to go advancing money to help Germany or France, The question is sure to arise in such a conference. There ought- to be some distinct statement about it.”